Enterotoxemia caused by Clostridium perfringens was responsible for the death of a 2-month- old hand-reared antelope (An;ilocapra americana). This case of enterotoxemia and other digestive upsets occurred as a group of antelope fawns began to consume solid food along with their milk diet Symptoms of the disease and preventive treatment given to the animals is discussed. Susceptibility of young pen-reared wild ruminants, used in wildlife research, to dis- eases of domestic animals which are kept nearby or have previously occupied the same pens has been little investigated. Oc- casional clinical reports and necropsies of wild animals brought into diagnostic labo- ratories provide a large part of the present